المكتبات العامة في الجزائر بين النظريات العلمية و معطيات الواقع

Abstract

The public library is a cultural institution, which has an important mission in the life of people. Integrated in the local life, recognised as basic and essential service, inserted in a large network of communication, and cultural exchange, the public libraries affirm a threefold role : a cultural, pedagogic, and social medium for all the society without distinction. This dissertation is devoted to dig deeper to explore the state of public libraries in Algeria, throughout a survey within public libraries in wilaya of skikda. This study is constituted of two parts : the first one, through three chapters, deals with the methodological an theoretical aspects of the topic. Whereas the second part, which contains three chapters too, attempts to identify and analyse the actual situation of public libraries in Algeria, and especially at the wilaya of skikda. It propose too, a number of factors which must been assured for the development of public libraries in Algeria. The study conclude that the situation of public libraries in Algeria require more attention and care from different actors of the society, through a legislation that assure for the public library the conditions of establishment and development.